Iran's central military command has announced it would resume "strict management" of the Strait of Hormuz, reversing a decision to unblock the strategic channel as part of negotiations with the US.

The Government has thanked authorities in the United Arab Emirates for their cooperation with the garda investigation which resulted in the arrest of one of the leaders of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group.

Not for the first time, recent days have seen Fianna Fáil engulfed in rumours of its own making that a heave against the party leader, now 15 years in his role, is imminent.

Amid feverish late-night negotiations 18 years ago, the then government, a coalition of Fianna Fáil and the Green Party, made a monumental decision to rescue Ireland's drowning banks.

The National Archives of Ireland has announced 48 'Centenarian Ambassadors' for the public release of the 1926 Census records.